How To Tune Your Foil - Fuse Length, Stabilizer, and Shimming - Wingfoil tutorial

[@joemiller8029]

Thanks for taking the time to try to explain design performance. I too rode sans stab to test it out, both winging and kite foiling. Just this week I modified (5) fuses, chopped to a nib in order to mount the stab right behind the mast, and on the backside of the front wing (basically just super short). I also prefer low aspect foils (AR4.4) over high ones. I've started playing with stabs. Thanks for showing your cool stabs. My love is to surf, but since I ride small river swell I'm essentially riding 1-2 waves, so I want a super loose carvy surf like foil (think old school style skateboards used for sidewalk surfing). So currently I'm experimenting with that. I can send you photos if interested. I think I sit in my garage, like your video, and explain to myself for hours how all this stuff works.

[@wingmanfoilclub]

Awesome. I love when people experiment and try new things as we never know what might be possible until we try.

[@carstenritter]

I always enjoy your informative videos a lot Rob. Big Aloha

[@wingmanfoilclub]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@sethcre8s]

Nice job covering los of variables Rob. Keep up he good work bro!

[@wingmanfoilclub]

Thanks Seth. Who knew we would have to become rocket scientists just to ride some waves.

[@Hdip]

Nice video. How you stayed coherent through all that without a teleprompter is amazing. 😀 next video: how to wing skate on your roof.

[@wingmanfoilclub]

It’s helps that I can edit out all the “ums” and “you knows.” We’re technically banned from the roof now. When we moved in there was a whole gazebo with dining set and Astro turf. Blew away/got destroyed in a microburst storm. Roof leaked like crazy and has been replaced 2-3 times. So now they don’t want us up there. Which is lame cause it was a big deciding factor on us moving in. The only downside is the access is up a ladder through a small hole in my closet.

[@Hdip]

@@wingmanfoilclub I think you mean the AXIS ladder.

[@wingmanfoilclub]

Terrible.

[@giovannifumelli3386]

Nice videos! I'm sharing my experience after a few years of wingfoiling. I shim positively (increasing the longitudinal V angle between the tail and the front wing) when I'm riding at high speeds because stability is crucial, and the board's nose tends to dive (starting around 20 knots?). I shim negatively (towards neutral) in light wind conditions to optimize glide. I won't get into discussing the rake, even though I have thoughts on it, but I'll stop here since I'm not proficient in English.

[@wingmanfoilclub]

Interesting! The opposite of what I do. At high speeds I generate a lot more lift and want a negative shim to control that front foot lift from breaching.

[@giovannifumelli3386]

@@wingmanfoilclub In strong wind conditions, with a stabilizer set with very little lift, the foil will be longitudinally unstable and prone to generating nose down tendencies (around 20 knots and beyond). Adding rake for a nose-up position.

[@henryhester1897]

Black shirt negated the whit background.

[@wingmanfoilclub]

Big fan of black shirts. Don’t let them see you sweat!

[@henryhester1897]

I like black too. 😊